Sentence examples for sporting folklore from inspiring English sources
Tom Briscoe is from Pontefract but he earned a place in Hull sporting folklore with a magnificent try-saving tackle that settled this compelling derby.
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He has probably never played better than he did against New Zealand at Twickenham in 2002 but, inevitably, it was the 2003 World Cup final that earned him his indelible place in English sporting folklore.
"Do you believe in miracles?" Michaels asked as the Americans knocked out the all-conquering Soviet team in a game that would go down in sporting folklore as "the Miracle on Ice".
After winning seven medals at two Games she would bow out having secured her place in Welsh sporting folklore.
He was champion jockey twice and then cemented his place in sporting folklore by riding all seven winners on a high-quality card at Ascot in September 1996.
For those, like Edwards, who were part of winning series, their deeds are etched in sports folklore.
But in the tradition of the following tales, the Wes Welker "rolling at the Derby" story may already have entered sports folklore.
Though he was the least popular man in Queensland during the closing stages of Origin game 3, bald and burly streaker Wati Holmwood entered Australian sports folklore with his naked dash towards the tryline at ANZ Stadium.
Should this continue for a while, Cano could find his name etched among other star players who become part of sports folklore for going cold in October — players like Barry Bonds before 2002 or Cano's teammate Alex Rodriguez for most of his Yankees career.
There is no doubting the pair's focus during these Olympics: along with the rest of their team-mates they stand on the brink of winning Britain's first hockey gold medal since 1988, when a men's side including Sean Kerly and Paul Barber wrote their names into the sport's folklore with victory over West Germany.
